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Small firms stay close to home when it comes to hiring staff and finding customers, but can they expect the same level of support locally?
A quarter of companies say all their customers are in the same county, while 81 per cent state that almost all are within the county, according to research for Lloyds TSB Business by the Open University's Small Enterprise Research Team.See the full content of this document
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It Pays to Look After Your Own ; Banks Finally Get the Message That Small Companies Value the Personal Touch
Claire Smith, 37, who owns The Colour Room hair salon in Stockport, Cheshire, says about three-quarters of her c...
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